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Diagnosed With Postpartrum Thyroiditis, On Eutirox. Feeling Tired, Tingling And Numbness In Legs And Hands. Does It Signal Hashimoto ?

Hi, I am 36 yo. With 3 children (7, 5 and 14 months) with the last 2 kids I was diagnosted with postpartrum thyroiditis . Got Eutirox with both for 6 and 3 months and then doctor said I was fine. In december I started to feel extremely tired, and a month after I went from doing sports and being very active to no be able to move and having pain all over, tngling and numb in legs and hands. Then I saw an internist and after doing plenty labs we found that my Anti tpo was in 421, three weeks later it increasedvto 522 later it was 956.2 Endos denies Hasimotos on me, sending me to neurosergeonsor says i am fine. I have a long list of symptoms including low blood pressure and UTI and kidney infections , I never had anything like those before, i usually dont even get sick from colds or gastro . I am now on eutirox 25, as they say it might help with the hashimoto, but symptoms are same. Do you have any experience with hashimoto? What is your opinion in my case?
Mon, 1 Apr 2013
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General Surgeon 's  Response
Hi
I have treated many cases of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
It has to be confirmed by FNAC (Fine needle aspiration cytology) of the thyroid.
Later in Thryoid function tests,the hormones will be low.
If you are suspecting ,Hasimoto's you have to go for FNAC.
But as far as your symptoms are concerned,i don't think it is hashimoto's.
Even normal individulas have raised Anti TPO antibodies.
Apart from hashimoto's they are raised in Grave's disease,nodular goitre or cancer.
So, a simple FNAC test will clear all the doubts.
If you come back with the FNAC report,i will clarify further
Wish you good health
Regards
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Diagnosed With Postpartrum Thyroiditis, On Eutirox. Feeling Tired, Tingling And Numbness In Legs And Hands. Does It Signal Hashimoto ?

Hi I have treated many cases of Hashimoto s thyroiditis. It has to be confirmed by FNAC (Fine needle aspiration cytology) of the thyroid. Later in Thryoid function tests,the hormones will be low. If you are suspecting ,Hasimoto s you have to go for FNAC. But as far as your symptoms are concerned,i don t think it is hashimoto s. Even normal individulas have raised Anti TPO antibodies. Apart from hashimoto s they are raised in Grave s disease,nodular goitre or cancer. So, a simple FNAC test will clear all the doubts. If you come back with the FNAC report,i will clarify further Wish you good health Regards